Lab setup/test

David’s Section

Question: How long do people keep bikes with NiceRide in terms of duration(time) and date-time??

## # A tibble: 4 x 4
##   SameDayReturn SameHourReturn      n  percent
##   <lgl>         <lgl>           <int>    <dbl>
## 1 TRUE          TRUE           322028 0.699   
## 2 TRUE          FALSE          134857 0.293   
## 3 FALSE         FALSE            3746 0.00813 
## 4 FALSE         TRUE               87 0.000189
## Warning: `as.tibble()` is deprecated, use `as_tibble()` (but mind the new semantics).
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Note : samedayreturn = false includes those who rented before midnight and returns after midnight. This is not based on time (24hr) but on date.

The graphs below are based on time.

## # A tibble: 1 x 1
##        n
##    <int>
## 1 434696

Arie’s Section

Anderson’s Section

Ethan’s Section

  • Question: How often do people use the Nice Ride depending on the day of week, and how does this vary by account type?

  • Methods: I first used left_join to combine the locations dataset with the overall rides dataset, and then changed some variable names and sorted based on if the variables described starting location or ending location. I then parsed by times into mdy_hm and used w_day to make a variable describing the day of week. For the graph, used geom_bar to plot day of week against count of rides for that day of week, filling with Account Type and using dodge to compare the different memberships side-by-side for each day. To get stats from this graph, I grouped by the week day and account type and counted occurances of each combination.

  • Findings: Most people tend to utilize the Nice Rides on the weekends, and this makes sense because people tend to have more free time on these days. Interestingly, member account types far outnumber casual account types on the weekdays, but casual account types outweigh member account types on the weekends. This is likely due to the fact that people who pay for the membership are likely doing so because they also need it on the weekdays, perhaps to regularly commute to work, whereas casual riders who may be using the service for more leisurely reasons on the weekends don’t as strongly require a regular membership.

  • Stats:
  1. The most common riding day is Saturday, with a total of over 80,000 rides
  2. Totals of at least 40,000 rides are taken by members on each week day, and totals of less than 20,000 rides are taken by casual members each weekday unless it’s Friday

Ryan’s Section